Can a Chef Cook THIS Random International Dish? | A-Z Challenge: ARUBA
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2022
- Today we kick off with a new challenge! Chef Ben must spin the wheel and cook a dish from a randomly selected country beginning with A... Aruba! Will he get the dish right?!
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Ive never seen or heard of Aruban food but it looks good.
I wonder how a cheese lined ramekin stuffed with a combination of pulled pork, jalapenos, cilantro, and onions would turn out. mmm, The ideas are flowing.
The "c" at the end of Curaçoa is pronounced like an "s". According to my friend who is from there. But I'd be lying if I said your mispronunciation wasn't part of why I watch the show.
please continue on this series! such a good idea, loved to learn about the history of food from different parts of the world
First show, first mistake. Curaçao is NOT Aruba. They are 2 different countries. (within the kingdom of The Netherlands) How dumb are you? And yes, the ç is an S. It's NOT kuracow, Barry. I have been watching Sorted since the early start, but this episode is one mistake after another. If this is the format, why not make Dutch fries with mayo and sateh and chopped onions next time a Dutch country or special municipalitie comes up
Love this new format! It's nice to see Ebbers out of his comfort zone and using all of the skills he's acquired as a chef over the years. :)
I'm from Aruba and im pleasantly surprised that my country and it's cuisne has been featured. I personally haven't seen or come across any cooking video that has focused on Aruban cuisine as the main element and showcased it this way. one of the greatest things about sorted food is that you can always count on them to bring something new to the table and make everyone feel welcomed and seen. thank you so much for this!
So, your opinion? They did a good job or missed a few things?
Visited Aruba and loved the place and the food!
Love from Sweden
I am upset that Aruba 🇦🇼 has kept this baked cheese bowl secret recipe from us for so long. 🧀
That dish looked incredibly tasty, just another reason to visit such a beautiful place.
@@OZARKMOON1960 the dish looked pretty good but i dont think i've ever had people put egg in the filling and normaly we just bake it in a square
Love this idea!!! Going forward could you walk us through the proper ingredients at the end? I want to make sure i’m learning the cultural dish properly after all of this!!! Thanks!!!
Yes! Have the food team make the proper dish, and then compare the two.
Good idea.... thanks for the suggestion :)
definitely!!!
@@SortedFood perhaps get Kush and the food team to prepare it for a caparison
Yes, please do so.
The unbridled glee in Ben’s voice when he looks over at Jamie and squeals “I even put the parsley on top!” has made my entire week! Pure joy xoxo
This is one of the best videos you guys have done in a while, in my opinion! This feels like old-school Sorted in the best way. I watch everything you put out the day it hits, but so much of the recent stuff has felt more like extended commercials for Sidekick (which I subscribe to and love, btw!) whereas this just feels like good food content. Love the series, can't wait to see them all!
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100% I’ve stopped watching vids on the day they come out cause I got tired of all of them advertising sidekick and being about meals you can make on the app. This felt like the sorted I subscribed to years ago.
Though to be fair to the boys - they wouldn't be able to produce these kinds of amazing content without financial support - which is what the sidekick etc provides.
@@teresaa8388 100% agree! It's why I've been a Sidekick member for over a year now, and bought cookbooks, and day passes to all of the PIO Lives. It's just nice to see a return to more like what brought me in to the channel years ago. Also, they all seem so happy in this one, which makes me happy!
My favourite videos are always the ones where they try something they've never had/seen before.
I just like seeing their reactions to new things whilst learning about a new cuisine myself.
“I even put the parsley on the top!” was so wholesome! The jumping hug with Jamie and Ben will love in my head rent free this week 🥹
Love this idea, can’t wait to see all 26 episodes of this!
Or go Scandinavian alphabet so we can have 29!😆 *Edit: 28, because I don’t think any countries start with «Æ».
@@asgeirsoe No countrys on Å or Ä sadly
@@TzOn79 there’s Åland!
@@asgeirsoe sadly a part of finland
@@TzOn79 Well Aruba is a part of the Netherlands, so everything is possible!
I love Ben graduating from a sprig of mint to a bit of parsley 😂
His allotment probably ran out of mint and all that was left was parsley haha
What I love most about this format (apart from the obvious delicious food) is that there is no artificial time limit, no real hectic "competition", but just you lads exploring new dishes and learning and doing things together in order to master the task of (re-)creating the yet unknown dish. It's pretty wholesome and I like that a lot.
hard agree. i dont mind a competition but especially the time limits seem often arbetrary and then are only enforced willy nilly too (allowing prepared ingredients etc)
Loving this, but want to second the calls for having the food team do the dish up in the traditional way and having the boys talk through comparing the two. I want to learn more about how history and cultures influence flavors and what specific techniques/flavor profiles look like in different parts of the world!!
Yeah I really wanted to see what the "real" one should look like, get their taste comparisons in, stuff like that.
or maybe they can do a follow up episode where an Aruban chef teaches them the ways
This is a very clever idea with a good amount of length and longevity I’m very excited to see where this goes in the future!
So are we.... literally anything can happen!
@@SortedFood common sorted W
You can always go through the alphabet a second or third time.
@@jenniferdaniels701 yup, each season can have it's own alphabet wheel edition. I'd love that.
The way Ben and Jamie hugged after they saw the picture was so cute, it was amazing to see how identical it was! I can't wait for more episodes of this 👏
There's a flaw in this format, though. The final product looked right and tasted good, and it had all the right ingredients, but we don't actually know if Arubans would eat it and call it keshi yena. I think for future episodes, you should have the food team create the dish following an authentic recipe and then compare whatever Ben and the Boys make to the food team's dish.
I agree. I fully expected the Sorted team to have a "control" dish to compare. Hope they see this comment and improve the format. But it was a highly enjoyable episode regardless!
Yes, I thought so, too! It would be great if they could get a dish to compare it to!
My thoughts exactly!
well seeings as the suggestions are community driven, i guess the verdicts are too
it's not a taste test sadly
I agree. The way it is now, the boys are just patting themselves on their backs for the attempt, not the accuracy.
The moment when Ben and Jay hugged, after realising they’d nailed it, was adorable !!!! 😍😍
What I like about this series (unless the rules change along the way) is
A) the two doing the cooking have no idea what they're going to be making, they're getting the instructions from the other two, it's a change from the usual "you have x amount of time to come up with a dish"
B) no time limit (probably for the best since they have no idea what they're making, if they had been able to do the research themselves over the week then yeah, a time limit would make sense)
So glad you like the format :)
@@SortedFood yeah it's a great idea, different enough to be refreshing, but not too different from what we're used to to get us out of our comfort zone.
And Ben randomly slapping the herbs on top of the thing at the end and being right is the most Ben thing ever.
Ya, the no time limit definitely helps with the casual feel.
@@nightstar6179 Yea I like that. They mention multiple times when they have a 15 minutes time limit, at home you can, and should, totally use an extra minute or two to get the dish however you want it and not pressure yourself. They do timers because it's a show and yeah, adds more pressure and comedic effect to the whole thing.
@@stone5against1 it works for Pass it On but some challenges don't need the extra pressure.
Not sure I've ever commented on a sorted vid before. Don't think I've been this excited for a new series since the original pass it on. Well done all!
This is an amazing concept! I love how excited everyone was as the video progressed. One small nitpick is that the ç in "Curaçao" is pronounced like an s, similar to "français".
I gotta admit, this drove me a bit nuts hearing them mispronounce it *every time*. Still, fun video format anyway. :)
@@Lou-Mae , omg, me too!!!
Me three!
Thank you, it was driving me nuts...it's quite like Ben whenever he says 'St. Lucia'
Like the blue alcohol drink right
I don't know the last time I've seen Ben that genuinely and transparently excited. This entire episode made my heart all warm and fuzzy. Don't get me wrong, the competitive episodes and the high-stakes stress chaos are always super fun to watch, but this format is also good, just in a happier, culinary hug sort of way. Plus, informative! A win-win all around :)
Man the big hug from ebbers and jamie was soo wholesome, love this one.
What I like best is that the guys looked like they had fun making the dish and were so excited that it turned out the way it was supposed to. The little (single serving) one was very cute and looked good on the dish.
Fun fact: curaçao (pronounced koo-rah-sow, sow as in the pig) is where we get the Orange liqueur Blue Curaçao. The oranges that grew on the island were far too bitter for consumption, but when turned into alcohol it becomes far less bitter
i was gonna say, doesn't sound like that's how it is supposed to be said
I'm surprised Ebbert didn't know his alcohols well enough to know how curaçao was pronounced.
A real let down.
During the worst of the pandemic, I joined a FB food group that did a similar thing. Each week there was a new letter of the alphabet, members chose a country and cooked up a dish from that country they researched. Photos and background would then be posted. It was a wholesome distraction, we all learned about different cuisines plus expanded our own repertoire! It was so much fun during a time that was such a struggle for a lot of us. Loving this new series, especially as I've been to Aruba a few times and have eaten Keshi Yena, specifically the seafood version!
I was surprised that aruba(we live on aruba) was picked and you guys did "Keshi Yena" we had it on our wedding and looking at your dish it was mouthwatering .
Although the wheel didn’t choose it, the fact that I saw my country’s name - Azerbaijan - on it made me so happy! 😃 I think it’s the first time it appeared on your channel in all these years (I might have missed it). Hope you will cook one of our national dishes one day too!
Can you share a popular vegetarian dish, please?
Well just think. 26 episodes to get through the alphabet of the wheel. But they can start again, A gets another chance. This format is gonna be great!
@@IrrelephantRamblings 25. There aren't any countries with an X. And for Q it's only Qatar.
@@chaoss5 X can be wild round. Random letter nations on the wheel. Who knows what you get.
@@chaoss5 And only Yemen at Y?
Even after more than 10 years, you do not fail to amaze me with new and original ideas.
This was so much fun to watch!
People in the comments come up with good ideas sometimes and some of them I bet they "borrowed" from the public.
You summed it up perfectly!
The format is great. The hugging and jumping after the reveal are the most wholesome thing Ben and J have done together in a while on camera. That made my day, truly.
Love this idea! Maybe spin the wheel twice and do a fusion dish?
I love this idea!
Oooo
Now this would make it double hard 😂
This is the idea. This is it
@@SortedFood the" ç " is pronounced s
The pure excitement of these guys when the dish actually worked is just too wholesome.
Great series idea....Could be a great idea to get a person from the country, virtually as part of the panel to test how close to authentic your versions are & to teach the nuances of their cultures cooking methods. We'd learn so much more!
They could even be the ones that decide on and give those limited hints as they work on the dish.
This series has everything I want - fun, entertaining, educational- great episode xx
and good friends.
I imagined this being a weekly thing and when 1 is done, they add another from A and then when A runs out, they go to B and all the way to Z, until it runs out =)
Can't even begin to explain how much I love this format.
This is a genius format! I love the glints in everyone's eyes every time someone does something brilliant. As a viewer, I also love that I learned something new about Aruba today and about cooking in general. Gonna try this for sure! This format ROCKS!
YES! My favourite format yet! I echo the sentiment from a lot of us - I missed these kind of cooking/recipe-focussed videos, where it's both entertaining and educational. With around 200 countries in the world, it's safe to say that we'll all be learning something from this series, so I cannot WAIT for the next episode!
Hi! Am from Curaçao, really cool to see food from the Antilles being featured on here:) Just a tip, the second C in Curacao is an S sound, not a K sound
cringed a little bit everytime i heard "cure a cow"
There's a Czech film from the 40s, one of my favourite comedies, where a character very carefully pronounces it, trying to impress it on another character, so I have that drilled into me and also cringed a bit every time I heard their pronunciation, feeling a bit like "You should know that... oh, wait, you don't". 😅 (Am Czech, if that wasn't obvious.)
This made me realize (again) that Dutch people do NOT know enough about the islands! I never heard about this dish before, but it makes so much sense! Great series, can't wait for the next episode :D
the happiness on Ben's voice on the Parsley thing was... Amazing. Good Format once again Sorted Crew! Can't wait for the rest of the letters!
The thing I love most about this sort of video is there will always be a couple people from the featured country popping up in the comments being like “I’ve never seen any videos about our cuisine before. Thanks for featuring us” warms my heart
I love the format; the only thing I'd love to see, is at the end if the guys could bring out a dish prepared by the food team based off the actual recipe, to compare it against the one made in the video. Just to see how close they actually got beyond just a visual comparison.
Absolutely love this format!
Perfect amount of clues too, I can imagine it doesn’t always work out this well, but there’s enough to make something tasty too
I want to cook things in cheese now 🤣
Me too DEFINITELY!!! 😆
I cannot wait until they expand this concept to towns and present to us the delicate flavor of Hull. Yummy!!
I've been away from youtube a few months, but I must say, Barry is rocking this hairstyle. I really like this format and look forward to watching this playlist
Really enjoying the concept, love that you don't get to actually know how it is supposed to look like or how it's made in advance. Looking forward to seeing where this takes you and what new stuff you get to try!
This has to be one of my all-time favorite episodes -- learning something new along with you guys, seeing your skills and creativity put to the test. I'm looking forward to future episodes in this series!
ben and jamie's hug towards the end
Seeing Ben learning and the group trying new things is awesome but the shout of "I even put the parsley on top made me smile. Way to go Ben!
This is another amazing series, I was quite sad when the episode was over. Going to cook this soon, thanks guys!
Loved the format and execution, but especially the history and how it informed the method ("go in with everything you have"). Just great!
I love how ebbers uses his experience as a chef to walk himself through the recipe.... Like comparing different cuisines & how things are cooked to help figure out which way to go with the dish
13:16 look at Ebbers ❤❤❤ when he is so excited.. the hole world learned a lot about food😃
What an awesome concept to break out of your comfort zone and any expected norms - and doing it alphabetically, QI-style!.... Fry will be proud 🙏
This reminds me of Chris Morocco on the Bon Appetit channel doing his recreation of mystery dishes after tasting them but not seeing them. In those, he guesses how he would grade himself along the way and then learns about the actual dish at the end and gets his own score. A similar structure for the progress and final reveal would be fun here 😊
This was the best new concept you've done in ages. Only thing that could have made it better if the food team made an authentic version to compare it to, rather than just show a picture of the dish on the tablet.
I annoy several acquaintances by repeatedly noting that cooking is really a simple matter. Just find something you like and then mix stuff with it. From there the combos are endless.
I think this video is a great example of that.
I loved this format - it's lovely to watch a chef learn alongside the normals!
LOL Jamie! Bay leaves do impart some flavor! I was surprised when I used some in my Bolognese, world of difference! Also, love this format and I want some of that lovely looking dish! Yumm!
Yes! I know my mom always said ew no no taste on those. Hers were so old they were not even green any longer. I bought fresh bay leaves (dried but newer I mean) and the flavor was very nice in stews and in my pickling blend.
@@Emeraldwitch30 My parents have a bay hedge between their and their neighbour's garden and they use leaves straight off the tree into the pot! Can recommend for anyone with a garden and a suitable climate
@@aim-to-misbehave5674 I've thought to buy a small potted one to add to my citrus collection. I have room for about 2 more pitted trees. I have LED grow lights and I drag my lemon and orange and banana trees in and out every year. They have been joined by a clementine tree and fig tree last year lol.
It adds such a unique flavor to things. And I found putting a few leaves out every so many months keeps the pantry moths out of my cupboards
Ben getting the presentation right has to be the most joyful I have seen this man in all of these videos.
I love this idea. Whenever i think of different global cuisine Aruba never, ever pops into my head and i'm cheesed to be learning about it.
That was really fun, I love this new format. Quick question though, can we see a return of London's Best and/or Mystery Night Food Challenge? Those were some of my absolute favorites and I'd love to see what's out there post-lockdown.
Aruba how have you been keeping this dish from the world. Putting the filling INSIDE THE CHEESE. It's the work of geniuses.
The excitement at the reveal was just lovely!
This idea is genius. I love that the first challenge is from a country we know so little about here in Europe. The dish looks delicious, I'd love to try it someday.
I loved this format. I'd say it would be fun to hide what the dish is supposed to be from the audience until the reveal so we're guessing along with the guys.
This is a great format. No hectic time limit or competition. Just learning about stuff from countries I've never heard of.
And yes! Thank you for highlighting different cuisines. Like, REALLY different cuisines. You are the best. Love from this Brazilian Carioca living in USA
Very good idea and I can't wait for the next spin on the wheel.
Kudos on this idea. I think it would be cool incorporate some guest chefs with this.
THIS. IS. GREAT. I cannot WAIT for the next 25 episodes of this!
AWESOME IDEA! cant wait to see the next 25 episodes, and then to continue it with a season 2, 3 and 4, for each of the stars of the channel.
That was great fun. Trying to work out a dish from the sparse description and the ingredients looks like quite the challenge. And yet Ben and Jamie managed to not only get a dish but also so close to what it was supposed to be! Very impressive. (do love the suggestion in the comments to also present a reference version of the dish)
If ever there was something I wanted to reach into the screen to try. Great format and a cracking start. So hungry now!
I love this format, and the last blooper is terribly cute. We love our Resident Bay Leaf Barry. :)
I had a few exams to take and now I finally got the time again to watch you guys. Didn’t think I would miss you so much!
Absolutely loving that you are going for the historical facts and tidbits too. Very enlightening
With all due respect, it's Curaçao, with the last syllable pronounced pretty much like "Sao Paulo".
Yes, it’s pronounced CURE-a-sow
I really hope if they're going to continue doing international cuisine they take a little time to learn some key pronunciation of words that come up multiple times an episode, it's not difficult to find on CZcams.
@@jrbtubestop "sow" is wrong, you're not inferring a long o vowel here,
the last 2 letters sounds exactly what it spells, and a and an o
and yeah i understand "ni hao" is pretty much said as "ni how",
but usign that example doesn't really jive with the english word "sow", being pronounced differently than "how".
the best you can do for a phonetic is "curasao" , which is goddman close to how it's already spelled
it doesn't have the light N sound like they have in brazil though right?
portugese speakres clearly shift it ever so slightly toward "san", there's an N hidden in their O lol
No respect need be given. Wrong is wrong. English speakers have "façade" too, cedillas are important. It's painful to listen to Barry repeating that error even as a Filipino (ie aware of Spanish/Portuguese language conventions).
So much fun! You might even be able to start a whole new channel that is only dedicated to this format! Each season you do 26 episodes of spinning the wheel A to Z!
The worst clif hanger, when you have to turn upside down a dish... and you dont know if it got down or not... amazing dish! congrats!
This format is brilliant! I love the idea of cooking dishes from countries youve never tried before and learning the history of the dish to figure out how it all comes together. I am definitely trying this cheese casserole dish at home
Easily one of the best videos, and concepts in a while. Curveball idea would be to do this pass it on style, with a few bullet point facts about the dish given out by janice at the start. Really love this and can't wait to see what happens with the Brunei dish next time.
Very excited with this new way to make things- stuff it INTO cheese! That is amazing. Some of the recipes that come from leftover bits and bobs can be the most delicious and innovative ones.
I think Mike was giving Ben extra facial signals at one point! Points deducted for the judge's helping too much!!!!! 😂
Would love to see the comparison between the actual dish and the one you make!!
Such an exciting new idea for keeping yourselves open to learning and trying new dishes! Awesome job lads!
Boys, been watching you for some 10 years now and this is one of your videos and series ideas. Genuinely so impressed with the whole team here, educational, well thought out, interactive and fun to watch. Ebbers masterclass and a dish I look forward to recreating sometime. Thank you.
I've never posted anything for you mates, but I LOVED this one!!!! Please do more of these!
Y'all are just awesome!!!
Being Dutch and having friends who are from Aruba, I’m so curious to see how this turns out.
Let us know what you think 👀
Spoiler alert!
@@SortedFood I think you nailed it on looks and it looked tasty. 👍🏻
Me too... I have relatives there.
Ja, het ziet er degelijk uit voor iets waarvan ze niet wisten hoe het eruit moest komen!
Ooooooooooh this format sounds absolutely promising
Looking forward to this a lot
Genuinely one of your best videos. No overreliance on the food team, just purely a pair of mates coming together to make a dish (mostly) blind.
This was an amazing idea! I love learning new things with you all, fantastic. Also that dish is PHENOMENAL??? WOW!!!
This might be the start of my favorite sorted series
Probably my favorite format ever made on this channel, what an absolutly brilliant idea, keep at it and let's see if we really make it all the way to Z
It may take a while 😂
love bens excitement about the parsley on top. also a great idea for a video series - love the more cryptic hints at the beginning and then guiding them along with somewhat more concrete advice
Aruban local here! Started watching this video thinking they would never get Aruba, but I’m pleasantly surprised! Thank you for a great video
I can already tell Im going to love this series! Give me all the facts! - Confirmed I loved it
Correction: It’s ‘Koo-ra-s-ow’, not ‘Koo-ra-cow’. The cedilla under the ‘c’ makes it an ‘s’ sound.
I was about to comment this! My Dutch speaking heart broke hahahah
Came here to see if anyone else pointed it out.
@@uribove I’m a French tutor. I was just a little hurt lol
@@stone5against1 Haha there is a reason why I comment a lot lol
@@stone5against1 half of the comments are at the time i post this
Yes yes yes! Love the format. This can be a whole series. A-Z S1!
I LOVE this new format! Once again I'm reminded that Ben is a real chef 😂
when you mentioned "thing cooked with a cheese wheel", it also reminded me of that trend where people make a divet in a cheese wheel and build a fondue inside it where it also acts as the bowl, then they pour pasta in to make a (mac-n-cheese? kind of)
If I'm not mistaken, that pasta dish is called Cacio e Pepe ^^
@@Oberky Yes, it's an Italian dish done in a wheel of parmigiano reggiano.
This was great. That dish looked delicious. Awesome new format, can't wait to see more!
You guys have no idea how much I look forward to your videos
I love how chuffed Ebbers was about the parsley! 😂